Noble teas



N. TEA'S.'

HARNESS SADDLE.

kPatented Apr. 9, 1895.

UNITED STATES NOBLE TEAS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO MARIA J. FRANKS PATENT OFFICE.

AND MARY'Y H. TEAS.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,247, dated April 9, 1895.

Application filed October 29, 1894. Serial No. 527,167. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, NOBLE TEAS, a citizen of the United States,iresiding at Newark, in

the countyof Essex and State of New Jersey,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to` ro which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specilication.

The object of this invention is to prevent the saddle, when in use, from being drawn forward upon the horses back and galling the Withers of the animal, and to secure other ad- 'vantages hereinafter referred to. zo y The invention consists in the improved sad i die tree, and in the combination and arrangements of the` parts thereof, and connected therewith, as herein set forth and finally pointed out in the claims. l Y Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the -figures where they occur, Figure l represents a plan view of one half of a saddle tree which em- 3o bodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the saddle tree with the wings thereof removed, and Fig. 3 is a plan of one of said wings, the latter being adjustable when upon the tree, as hereinafter stated. Fig. 4 is a 3 5 plan view showing a modified form of the said saddle tree; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the saddle showing the leather work attached to the tree.

In the presentstate of the art, metal sad- 4o dle trees, as a rule, are constructed with the wings or sides at right angles, with a line drawn through the center of the saddle, and when the saddle is on the horse, the front part thereof is apt to come in contact with and gall or chaff the Withers of the animal. lEfforts have been made, from time to time, to remedy this difficulty, and :in some cases to this end, the leather at the front of the saddle has been cut out or recessed so as to throw the metal saddle tree well back of the leather I' work, or what is the same, to throw the leather work forward of the saddle tree. It is found,

however, that this does not remove the difliculty, because the girth or body band of the saddle, when tightened around the horses body, tends to work forward and to draw the saddle tree with it on to the Withers, with the resultabove named. Again:v it has been sought to remove the difficulty by a stuffing beneath the saddle tree so as to raise the latter above the 'Withers Another and more frequent remedy for the evil, is to place a thick felt pad under the saddle. This, however, looks bad, and on rainy days, gets soaked with water. All these devices are more or less objectionable, and to avoid theiruse, I construct the saddle tree with the wings or sides thereof at a greater or less angle than a right angle from a line drawn through the center of the tree. The said Wings or sides Yalso project considerably forward of the center of the tree. The said wings or sides may be separate from the center of the tree and capable of adjustment upon the latter at a greater or less angle with the said center line; or they may be made integral with or rigidly connected to said tree.

In the examples shown in the drawings, the wings are at an acute angle from a line drawn through the center of the tree, as will be seen by reference thereto.

' In said drawings, A, designates the center of the tree, and B, the wings.

In Fig. l the wing B, is secured to the center by means of the terret and a nut on the inner end thereof, the shank of the terret passing through an aperture, a, in the loose wing and through avslot, b, in the center. By means of this construction, I am enabled to increase or decrease the angle of the wing as well las to throw the latter more or less forward of the center, as circumstances or conditions may require, as will be readily understood. The effect of thus making the wings at an acute angle with the line through the center of the saddle, is to throw the saddle back when the girth is strapped tightly around the body of the animal, and prevent it from riding or be- Icured thereto and intended to be all that isrequired to meet normal conditions.

It will be seen that in all these examples, the check hook will be thrown well back from the Withers.

It is intended that the sides of the tree, (in

' Figs. l and 2), upon which the Wings B, are

adjusted, shall be depressed so that the said wings shall iill said depressions and be iiush with the sides of the rigid part of the tree, so that the leather Work will cover and tit smoothly thereon, as will be understood. Another advantage in this construction is that the adjustable sides or Wings may be made of different widths, and used interchangeably upon the same center, thereby making saddles of several diierent sizes without changing the size of the center, and also increasing or decreasing the distance between the frontend of the tree and the front edges of the Wings, as will be evident. That is to say, the Wider the wings are made, the farther they may be adjusted forward of the center of the saddle tree, andrhence the latter will be farther re'- moved from the Withers of the animal.

Having thus described the invention, what Iclaim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A saddle tree,. the central portion of which is adapted to receive a saddle, and the sides are each provided with a longitudinal slot, a wing for each side provided with a perforation registering With the slot, a terret, the shank of which passes through the perforation and the slot for adjustably securing the Wings to the sides, substantially as set forth.

2. A saddle tree, the central portion 0l. which is adapted to receive a saddle, and the sides are each depressed and provided with a longitudinal slot, and a Wing for each side provided with a perforation, the top of the Wing being tiush with the sides of the tree, and a terret, the shank of which projects through the perforation and the slot for holding the parts together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of November, 1894.

NOBLE TEAS.

Witnesses:

OLIVER BRAKE, LOUISE L. BROWNE. 

